The Descendant: Episode 1 - Aftermath

Gaming Corps AB · Mar 24, 2016

Rating pending

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Taking place across two timelines, in the past you'll play as Mia, a janitor tasked with keeping the precious descendants housed within Ark-01 alive while the facility continually fails around her, and in the present, you'll play as Donnie, one of the investigators trying to rescue any surviving descendants trapped within, all while discovering a far greater conspiracy buried within the underground Ark complex.

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Critic 6.7 (4 critics) · Gamer 8.7

Critic reviews

GameSpew
Becca Smith · Jun 10, 2016
7.0
The Descendant: Episode 1 – Aftermath is a great introduction to this sci-fi adventure series. Aside from my personal issues with the controls, its short length, and a few glitchy moments, it all pulls together to form a pretty successful start. The graphics are well done, the voice acting is decent, and the music fits the atmosphere very well. Where the game really shines is in its unique story and interesting characters with mysterious pasts that I can’t wait to find out about.
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TechRaptor
Samuel Guglielmo · May 06, 2016
7.5
Aftermath is the first of five planned episodes, and I'm interested to see where The Descendant goes from here. I've always held that one of the best things I could say about an episodic game is "I can't wait to buy the next episode" and sure enough, I'm saying it here. There are some rough edges, I'm hoping episode 2 cuts some of the worse pixel hunting challenges and advances the story more than Aftermath did, but whatever it does I'm going to be there to see it.
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ZTGD
Sophie Halliday · Apr 11, 2016
7.5
Episode ones raises a lot of questions but does a good job of not confusing the player by going too big, too soon. As a standalone product, it is held back only by its length which is a little on the short side. However Gaming Corps AB have created an excellent foundation that future episodes can build from, and the premise should entice anyone who enjoys a post-apocalyptic, science fiction tale.
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COGconnected
Erin Castillo · Mar 28, 2016
4.8
Overall, the decent story, characters and narration made the game satisfactory, as did the simple controls, but the lack of gameplay, underwhelming graphics, slow movement and lag impacted the enjoyability of The Descendant greatly. I’m torn between wanting to see if the game gets better in the other four episodes, and leaving my playing time where it is.
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